... could have amounted to 50,000 the distance described being only one mile and a quarter. There is indeed another account which speaks of additional Garde Mobiles drawn up on the quays, but these appear to have been a comparatively small body, the bulk of the ...

... paterfamilias, who looks so impatient while the young lady of the period presumably somebody of whom he is in charge stops to speak to the other lady, whose head is unhappily out of the picture. There, too, is the elderly lady who always wants such a long ...

... heart of grace and started, being rewarded for my boldness by finding the place not a bit more closed, and, com paratively speaking, but little less fre quented than Greenwich fair. In one respect I was unlucky. I was not aware which was the day for the ...

... wafted from Wilhelmshohe to ascertain the direction of the political breezes. If the Emperor had possessed the courage to speak the plain unvarnished truth at this time he might have spoken words of inestimable value to his misguided countrymen. He might ...

... most heavily for the good things are not those who rejoice over them. De Quincey, in that paper on Mail Coaches wherein he speaks of carrying the news of vic- tory down into the country, tells us how they travelled decked out with laurels, heralded by ...

... constantly in public, receives twice a week his subjects and foreigners, is very courteous in his answers, and writes and speaks fluently English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian. He is strongly attached to literature, and liberally patronises industrial ...

... accused of attempting to dis sever Siberia from the dominions of the Czar. One most remarkable feature of the proceedings, which speaks volumes as to the eager discontent which finds place in Russia, is the readiness with which many of the accused accepted the ...

... and anguish wring them. They question uds the sgory of our lives-the battles, sieges, fortunes we have passed, Wherein we speak of most disastrous chances, Of mouing accidents by flood and field, Of hairbreadth 'Scapes in th' isnititcat deadly breach ...

... we must take care that it does not dwarf the highest forms of culture and well-being, while it tends to raise, politically speaking, the lowest class of our fellow-subjects. We should, he considers, avail ourselves of this force to raise the lowest class ...

... and Co.). The chief interest of this book lies in the fact that, as the author says in her preface, The characters think, speak, and act, not as English, but American characters. We are all of us, of course, more or less familiar with Ameri can life ...

... Sir Roundell Palmer's admirable compilation of hymns. The Book of Praise is a favourite companion in thou sands of English-speaking households. As a politician, except in the matter of the Irish Church, Sir Roundell Palmer has advanced step by step with ...

... acceptance of the memorial which accompanies this letter. I am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, (Signed) Granville Speaking of this letter, the New York Herald says, It is short and formal, as such notes usually are but it breathes a warmth and ...